{"id":12733,"date":"2021-11-01T11:22:23","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T15:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/auto\/?p=12733"},"modified":"2021-11-01T11:22:23","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T15:22:23","slug":"bmw-m3-among-top-gear-speed-week-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=12733","title":{"rendered":"Video: BMW M3 among Top Gear&#8217;s Speed Week finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2021\/11\/01\/bmw-m3-among-top-gear-speed-week-finalists\/\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"post_video\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Speed Week Final Five | What is the best performance car of 2021? Winner announcement | Top Gear\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oqud0O0ChE8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\" itemprop=\"description\" readability=\"67.762376237624\">\n<p>Top Gear held their usual Speed Week contest recently and compared some 26 cars in the process, to find out which is best overall. The main goal here wasn\u2019t to establish what car can simply go fastest around a track, contrary to what many may believe. The main goal here was to find out which car was the best overall and that includes both on and off the track sessions. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2021\/10\/30\/2022-bmw-m3-in-verde-mantis\/\">BMW M3<\/a> was one of the competitors.<\/p>\n<p>Not only that, but the new M3 was one of the finalists, a group of five cars with impeccable credentials. The final list included models like the Ferrari SF90, for example, a hypercar with almost 1,000 HP and a hibrid setup that would probably blow away any other car in this list in a straight up drag race. Then there was the brand new Porsche 911 GT3. That\u2019s yet another marvelous piece of engineering, the pinnacle of Porsche\u2019s efforts at improving the 911 chassis year after year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2022_bmw_m3_verde_mantis_02.jpg\"><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-412818\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2022_bmw_m3_verde_mantis_02-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"2022 bmw m3 verde mantis 02 830x553\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2022_bmw_m3_verde_mantis_02-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2022_bmw_m3_verde_mantis_02-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2022_bmw_m3_verde_mantis_02-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2022_bmw_m3_verde_mantis_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2022_bmw_m3_verde_mantis_02.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of 2022 bmw m3 verde mantis 02 830x553\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-medium wp-image-412818\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20830%20553%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2022_bmw_m3_verde_mantis_02-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"2022 bmw m3 verde mantis 02 830x553\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2022_bmw_m3_verde_mantis_02-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2022_bmw_m3_verde_mantis_02-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2022_bmw_m3_verde_mantis_02-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2022_bmw_m3_verde_mantis_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2022_bmw_m3_verde_mantis_02.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of 2022 bmw m3 verde mantis 02 830x553\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While these two might seem out of this world, compared to a normal M3, there were two other, underdogs if you will, in the contest. The first one was a modified Peugeot 205 GTi. Yes, we know that car hasn\u2019t been in production for over 20 years but the guys from Tolman engineering decided to change that and created a new version that\u2019s seemingly so good, it deserves to be mentioned in the same contest as the Ferrari SF90.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, none of these cars won. The one that impressed the jury the most was the creation of a former BMW M engineer: the Hyundai i20 N. This hot hatch was created by Albert Biermann, the man responsible for making the Hyundai\/Kia products worthy of being included in such comparisons. Why? Well, in order to find out what makes the i20 N so good, you\u2019ll have to watch the video below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Speed Week Final Five | What is the best performance car of 2021? Winner announcement | Top Gear\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oqud0O0ChE8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] Top Gear held their usual Speed Week contest recently and compared some 26 cars in the process, to find out which is best overall. The main goal here wasn\u2019t to establish what car can simply go fastest around a track, contrary to what many may believe. 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